tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post6172990558994608853..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Oedipus the Idiot Mrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-76001514422678440362012-09-15T09:04:08.451-05:002012-09-15T09:04:08.451-05:00I think Oedipus didn't figure out who the murd...I think Oedipus didn't figure out who the murderer is from Tiresias because he doesn't want to believe that he is the murderer. Tiresias practically says "Oedipus, you are the murderer" - but then Oedipus calls Tiresias a liar. But really, who wants to find out they murdered their father and married their mother? I think the reason he was so cruel to Creon was because he was in a desperate state of denial.Linz Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423788768959189483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-42324210118568650692012-09-14T23:23:01.113-05:002012-09-14T23:23:01.113-05:00My favorite part of the play would have to be when...My favorite part of the play would have to be when Oedopis comes to the realization that he could potentially be the murderer of King Laius. I don't have the book in front of me, but when Jocasta tells Oedipus that the king was murdered at a 3 pronged crossroad and he has a moment of "oh God what have I done." I think that at that point he really thought that he was the murderer and was scrounging for a reason to believe that he wasn't. he latched onto the idea that it was a band of theives and not one person he held onto that strand of hope, but he knew what he did. I think it's actually kind of funny how he doesn't realize because he seems to be more in denial than anything. Mitchell Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153863917048910582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-41313014881712823822012-09-14T21:39:43.732-05:002012-09-14T21:39:43.732-05:00I personally think that Sophocles' portrayal o...I personally think that Sophocles' portrayal of Oedipus as slow-witted is intentional and comic. I found it oddly amusing that the man who solved the Sphinx's impossible riddle couldn't take a hint. Also, he seems to arrogant and stuck up that it contrasts with his pride, which I believe to be his hamartia. It makes Oedipus seem like a normal person, which, as we talked about today, made the audience feel like that could happen to them because they could relate.Tyler Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100554118338172216noreply@blogger.com